RFC re Willem EEPROM programmers

Alexandre Souza wrote: I've got a PrEPROM-02aLV from them -- and a fantastic piece of kit it is, too. It does just about any EPROM, most EEPROMs, and I suspect it might do serial EEPROMs too. Software updates are frequently uploaded, and it works flawlessly on every parallel-port-endowed machine I have. I've used it on XP Pro, Windows 2000 and (in the dim and distant past) Win98. Not a single problem on any of them. Their after-sales service is fantastic. I tried to program a really old Fujitsu 27128 chip, and it kept failing the Auto-ID and Device Insertion checks (basically, a failure on auto-ID automatically fails DI as well). Turns out someone entered a value in a data table wrong -- the chip ID was 2B04, and the software wanted 2804 (or something like that). Within a couple of hours I had a workaround ("do this to turn Auto-ID off") and the next software release (a week later) had a full fix. Admittedly it was a rather simple bug to fix, and it only covered one chip, but it's nice to know the service is there. I really do fancy buying one of their universal (pin-driver) programmers, though I doubt the pennies in my 'equipment and upgrades' budget will go quite that far :( -- Phil. classiccmp at philpem.me.uk http://www.philpem.me.uk/